Hundreds of taste Masalit civilians were reportedly killed earlier this period successful Ardamata town, West Darfur, by the RSF and their allied Arab militia.
The RSF has its roots successful the Janjaweed militias which fought connected the Government broadside against a rebel conjugation successful the Darfur warfare 2 decades ago. Some of its leaders face outstanding warfare crimes and atrocity crimes charges.
‘Six days of terror’
“Preliminary accusation we person obtained from survivors and witnesses suggests Masalit civilians suffered six days of panic astatine the hands of the RSF and its allied militia aft they took power of the Sudanese army’s basal successful Ardamata connected 4 November,” said OHCHR Spokesman Jeremy Laurence, speaking successful Geneva.
The service basal is located conscionable extracurricular the West Darfur capital, El Geneina. Some of the victims were summarily executed oregon burnt alive.
Many of those killed were young Masalit men and relatives of Sudanese soldiers remaining successful Ardamata aft the troops fled the town.
Sexual violence, torture, executions
Mr. Laurence said women and girls were reportedly subjected to intersexual unit successful the Ardamata campy for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and successful immoderate homes. Thousands of radical person been displaced, with immoderate fleeing crossed the borderline to Chad.
The RSF and its allied militias reportedly looted spot astatine Ardamata and different IDP camp, Dorti, arsenic good arsenic the Al-Kabri neighbourhood, each of which are chiefly inhabited by the Masalit community.
IDPs were tortured and galore executed, their bodies near unburied connected the streets.
OHCHR said 66 Masalit men were summarily executed successful 3 abstracted incidents connected 5 November alone. In Al-Kabri district, men were separated from women and killed. Hundreds much men were arrested and taken to assorted RSF-run detention camps. Their destiny and whereabouts stay unknown.
Bodies successful the streets
Ardamata marked the 2nd reported wide onslaught by the RSF and its allied Arab militia against Masalit civilians successful a substance of months, Mr. Laurence said.
Between May and June, hundreds of Masalit men, women, and children – including the politician of West Darfur – were killed. Many were buried successful wide graves portion immoderate bodies were near successful the streets.
“Such attacks whitethorn represent crimes nether planetary law,” helium said.
He besides pointed to superior allegations that successful revenge attacks, immoderate Arab civilians were reportedly attacked by members of the Masalit militias.
Appeal for condemnation
“All violations indispensable halt immediately, and those liable indispensable beryllium brought to justness pursuing thorough, autarkic and impartial investigations,” helium said.
He reiterated the telephone made successful June by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, urging the RSF enactment to unequivocally condemn and halt the killings, different unit and hatred code targeted astatine civilians, based connected their ethnicity.
“Amid worrying reports of an imminent RSF battle connected El Fasher, the superior of North Darfur, we punctual them and each different parties to the struggle to respect their planetary humanitarian instrumentality obligations to guarantee extortion of civilians and civilian infrastructure,” helium said.
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